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A store owner and cancer survivor said yesterday she almost cried after a man stole a charity box set up to help sufferers from the disease.
Bernette Forde, of Bargain Hunters Hardware Store in Sandys, said she was “stunned” when she discovered the d...
DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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Court
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Air visitor arrivals dropped by 5 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2019, with the sharpest falls in the number of younger visitors and arrivals from New York, the tourism authority said yesterday.
However, the air arrivals spent 7 per cent ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A war veteran’s family are owed $20,000 in unpaid benefits and are struggling to make ends meet, they said yesterday.
Kerrie Aubrey, whose 86-year-old mother Maureen has spent the last month in hospital, said the family have been forced to pay intere...
DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An elderly Bermudian man who collapsed in Florida while on a cruise with his family said staff at Port Canaveral saved his life after he collapsed with a heart attack.
Peter Rego, 72, had just left a cruise ship when he collapsed, but was helped by a...
DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tourists and residents have called for public toilets at three South Shore beaches to be cleaned up.
The bathrooms at Jobson’s Cove, Chaplin Bay and Elbow Beach all came in for criticism from beachgoers when The Royal Gazette toured South Shore beach...
DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The Supreme Court delayed sentencing of a career conman yesterday after he claimed his victims thought they had made investments in the drug trade.
Jonathan Ratteray, 32, from Smith’s, was scheduled to be sentenced for multiple counts of dishonesty.
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DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A drop in the number of younger visitors hit leisure air arrivals between April and June, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday.
The largest decline in visitors was in the 25 to 34 age bracket, which saw a 13.5 per cent decline over the period...
DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A trio of American couples who met on honeymoon in Bermuda 50 years ago have returned to the island to celebrate their golden anniversaries.
Marie and Howard Dupee, Camille and Bill Duncan, and Karen and Bob Netherton were all married in the United S...
DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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Tourism
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An international environmental group warned last night that the amount of plastic found in the Sargasso Sea off Bermuda was “much higher than expected”.
Celia Ojeda-Martinez, of Greenpeace, was speaking as part of a nine-month expedition on the organ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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The You Go Girl Relay Committee was absolutely delighted to be able to present a cheque today to the Women’s Resource Centre in the amount of $9,500. These funds were the proceeds of the women’s relay race that took place earlier this year on June 2n...
DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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